Cassie L. Wilson

Learning to be the light

Hope and Faith: 2021’s Words of the Year

Inside: filling 2021 with hope and leaning on some faith

Can you believe we are finally at the end of 2020?? I don’t know about you, but I was entirely too hopeful about the start of the New Year around this time last year.

And, then, 2020 came around and knocked us all for a loop. I think it is safe to say 2020 has been… not great.

Don’t get me wrong, there were some really good things that happened in 2020. I finished grad school (which, dear reader, is one reason I haven’t been blogging as much. There are some other reasons, but that’s a different post). And, by the grace of God, I passed my Spanish Praxis test (that’s a good story of faith, too!).

But, as I’m sure it’s the same with most of us this year, the bad seems to outweigh the good.

2020 has been hard. It’s been painful, chaotic, and downright hurtful.

[Read more…]

When punishment is replaced with mercy

Inside: mercy and grace

Let’s take a trip down memory lane, okay? Remember when you were a kid and you got into some trouble? Do you remember what your punishment was?

I do.

Punishment in the Wilson household usually consisted of standing in the corner for a while or going out and getting your own switch. But, not just any switch, it had to be just right.

Imagine it: Kid Cassie is doing something stupid and gets into trouble. What does her Pops do? He sends her out into the yard to get a switch. Kid Cassie automatically turns the waterworks on, but goes out to find one anyway.

Kid Cassie picks a switch and takes it back to her dad, still crying her eyes out. Pops inspects it and says, “No. I said a switch, not a twig. Go get another one.” Kid Cassie obeys, not wanting to make anything worse, and tries to find a new switch. With snot pouring from her nose from crying, she picks what she thinks is an acceptable switch and takes it back to her dad.

Only, it’s still not right.

[Read more…]

What Are You Waiting For? Time to Take Prayerful Action

Alright, friends.  So, I’ve been sitting on this post for a couple of weeks now.  Like, pretty close to a month.  And I decided last week, Thursday maybe?, that I would take prayerful action and post this particular post this week.  Wouldn’t you know, the visiting preacher touched on part of this post before he began preaching last Saturday night.  Kind of had to laugh a little.  Perfect timing.

“Yeah, I’ve been thinking about doing that… I just haven’t yet.”

“Oh, yeah!  I had that same idea a while ago.  I just.. well, I’ve been thinking on it.”

Raise of hands, friend.  How many of us have heard something similar along these lines?

[Read more…]